My rigid Inbred.

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I would certainly agree that there can be mud so severe that a bicycle cannot be ridden through it. I have encountered mud that cannot be ridden through on a dirtbike, so I know it's out there. :D

However, I've also ridden the Small Block 8. It immediately packs up and does not shed mud, and even on the first revolution through the mud, the small knobs are totally useless.

But you can keep riding them if you like. :)

Carbon 29er. Old picture. It's been updated with XX1, and the wheels shown below for racing. DT Swiss XRC 950T tubulars with Tufo XC4 tires.

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Santa Cruz Blur LT Carbon frame, DT Swiss EXM 150mm fork, carbon rims, AC hubs, 740mm bar. Awaiting my return from AFG.

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Thank you for your service. Light-bicycle chinese carbon rims, or something else? Looks like a lot of fun. :thumb:

Yep. Light Bicycles 30mm rims.

DT tubulars and Enve clinchers on the 29er. You could say I have an appreciation for carbon wheels.

20 miles on the new rig over the weeked - I am digging the color contrast this silver frame has.

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That's a good lookin' bike! Glad the BB issue got worked out. I'd say you ended up with something better than the original.

Thanks Joyota! Everything came out great considering this was my first build on a bare frame.

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My comuter is the Steve Bauer Chinhook. My Winter bike is the white one which is now green and waiting to be put back together with new shifters, grips, rear rack, schwalbe studded tires, and SKS fenders. The GT is my latest addition and I took appart the cantis to clean and grease and has new grips
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I finally got a couple photos I felt were worthy of this thread. I've got more here if you're interested.

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Been out of mountain biking for a while. Got a good deal on a F29 Carbon. Great hardtail. Plan on leaving it stock for the near future.

:thumb: now get it dirty.

Took care of that today. Adjusting to the 29 inch wheels. When the trail opens up and gets flowy, the momentum is awesome. My 26'er felt better in tight, technical corners (for now). Thinking about a shorter stem, but I'm worried about unweighting the front wheel in the corners. Trying to figure all that out, but that's part of the fun, I guess.

Either way, so happy to get back on the trails. Nothing beats that feeling of rhythm on a nice piece of singletrack. It's like therapy. :)



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nice.

Finally got a quality non-rigid fork on one of my rides, a 2000-ish SID on the KHS. Hopefully trail rides on Saturday, which is supposed to be the last of a 3-day dry spell, then maybe cut 2cm off steerer tube Sunday if all goes well.

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I guess I haven't posted pics of my 'round town rig here yet:

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Just added some Thomson goodies :)

My current bike is a Stevens Fluent ES.

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Busy building a Pipedream Sirius.

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love your bike! I used to have the same
mine from it's last quiet ride
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well actually during this ride something happened in the BB area causing a whole bunch of noise which lead to a frame warranty claim

now it looks like this
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get to take it out tomorrow for the first time again
I already miss the colorway of the first frame

i really want to see that finished! looks lovely

Finally got the new Talas installed.. with custom red decals to match the color scheme..

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